Sediment-water fluxes of dissolved inorganic carbon, O 2, nutrients, and N 2 from the hypoxic region of the Louisiana continental shelf

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 233-252

  Lehrter, John C ^a   Beddick Jr , David L ^a   Devereux, Richard ^a   Yates, Diane F ^a   Murrell, Michael C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Hypoxia; LOUISIANA shelf; O 2 and nutrient flux; Sediment water DIC

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HYPOXIA; INHIBITION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WATERSHED;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860166058     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9623-x     Document Type: Article

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